Rapid and sensitive gas chromatography–ion-trap tandem mass spectrometry method for the determination of tobacco-specific N

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• 作者：Mohamad Sleiman ; R ; y L. Maddalena ; Lara A. Gundel ; Hugo Destaillats
• 关键词：Indoor air ; Tobacco ; Secondhand smoke ; Nitrosamines ; Ion-trap ; Gas chromatography ; Tandem mass spectrometry
• 刊名：Journal of Chromatography A
• 出版年：2009
• 出版时间：6 November 2009
• 年：2009
• 卷：1216
• 期：45
• 页码：7899-7905
• 全文大小：629 K

文摘

Tobacco-specific nitrosamines (TSNAs) are some of the most potent carcinogens in tobacco and cigarette smoke. Accurate quantification of these chemicals is needed to help assess public health risks. We developed and validated a specific and sensitive method to measure four TSNAs adsorbed to model surfaces and secondhand smoke (SHS) particles using gas chromatography–ion-trap tandem mass spectrometry. In an 18-m³ room-sized chamber, a smoking machine generated realistic concentrations of SHS that were actively sampled on Teflon-coated fiber glass (TCFG) filters, and passively sampled on cellulose substrates. A simple solid–liquid extraction protocol using methanol as solvent was successfully applied to both substrates with recoveries ranging from 85 to 115 % . For each TSNA, tandem MS parameters were optimized and the major fragmentation pathways were elucidated. The method showed excellent performance, with a linear dynamic range from 2 to 1000 ng mL⁻¹, low detection limits (S/N > 3) of 30–300 pg mL⁻¹ and precision with experimental errors below 10 % for all compounds. Moreover, no interfering peaks were observed, indicating a high selectivity of MS/MS without the need for a sample clean-up step. This method provides a suitable analytical tool to detect and quantify traces of TSNA in indoor environments polluted with SHS.